How high is Mount Emei?

Mount Emei is 3099 meters above sea level.

Emei Mountain is a branch of Qionglai Mountain, located at the southwest edge of Sichuan Basin in China, between 2916 ′-29 43 ′ north latitude and 0/0310 ′-0/03 37 ′ east longitude. The main peaks are Da 'ashan, Er 'ashan, San 'ashan and Si 'ashan, among which Da 'ashan is the highest, with an altitude of 3,099 meters.

The geological foundation of Emei Mountain is a short anticline in the north-south direction, and the landform can be divided into erosion landform (Emei Mountain area) and accumulation landform (Emei fan-shaped alluvial-diluvial plain) according to the way of shaping landform. According to the causes, it can be divided into structural landform, flowing water landform, karst landform and glacier landform.

Emei Mountain has a profound cultural heritage. Buddhism, Taoism, martial arts and camellia culture flourished in Emei Mountain, and many historical celebrities left poems here. From 65438 to 0996, most of the cultural relics of Mount Emei were listed on the World Cultural Heritage List by UNESCO.

Weather and climate of Mount Emei

Mount Emei is located in the subtropical monsoon climate zone, with more clouds and less sunshine, abundant rainfall, and significant differences in the distribution of climatic factors. The average annual temperature in Emei is 65438 07.2℃; The altitude rises to 550 meters, and the temperature16.6℃; 800 meters is15.3℃; 1000m is14.2℃; 1200m is13.1℃; 1600 meters is10.9℃; 2200m is 7.6℃.

When the height rises to the top of 3000 meters, the temperature is only 3.0℃. The relative height difference between the top of the mountain and the urban area is over 2600 meters, and the temperature difference is 14.0℃. Every time the altitude rises 100 m, the temperature drops by 0.5-0.6℃. Affected by monsoon circulation, the vertical variation of Mount Emei is very abrupt.

The area above 2000 meters above sea level in Emei Mountain is covered with snow and ice for about half a year, and there are no four seasons, only winter and spring. On the basis of temperature, the four seasons are divided according to the standard of climatic average temperature, that is, the climatic average temperature is winter 10℃, summer 22℃, spring and autumn 10-22℃ (five days 1, 73 for the whole year).

The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Emei Mountain.